FABClub (Female Authors Book Club) discussion

We've currently got Group Reads scheduled through May. I thought it might be fun if we kept a running list of various books that we're interested in reading, as they occur to us, that we can use for the future.

To Kill a Mockingbird!

YESSS

Another book I keep wanting to get to: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Another thought - I would really like to re-read Little Women paired with March or Jane Eyre with Wide Sargasso Sea.

You know whaaat I've never read Little Women! But I did get a copy recently, I would be super into that selection.

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer is a short and quite original book described as 'ecofeminist utopian fiction.' I listened to the audiobook a few months ago and think it might be interesting to discuss.

That looks quite intriguing!

Also, it's an Oprah pick and getting lots of attention, but Ruby by Cynthia Bond is really good. I'd like to see what other people think of it!

Oh yes Swamplandia! Have we read any Karen Russel yet? I lover her work. Sleep Donation was great too.

I've never read any Karen Russell, though I keep hearing good things. We're getting quite a good list going here; I'm excited! Are people leaning towards a poll, or just putting everything on the schedule?

So these are our current nominations:
To Kill a Mockingbird
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Little Women with March
Jane Eyre with Wide Sargasso Sea
The Wall
Ruby
Swamplandia!
Wave
Sleep Donation
The Girl Who Was Saturday Night
The Blazing World

Any more nominations before a poll gets set up?

Great to hear that!

The girl who was Saturday night by Heather O'Neill! (my stupid phone won't let me do the linky thing)

That is a pretty great list... let's read them all! Lol

I remember a couple titles that have been brought up in the past, did we ever read them? One is THE BLAZING WORLD, by Siri Hustvedt, which is (partly) about how women in the visual arts fare, and the other is WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES, by Karen Joy Fowler. Is anyone interested in reading either of those?

You're in luck Kat, cause We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is on the schedule for May! Don't know how The Blazing World got overlooked, but let's definitely add it to the list!

Alexa wrote: "You're in luck Kat, cause We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is on the schedule for May! Don't know how The Blazing World got overlooked, but let's definitely a..."

Terrific, I'm looking forward to it. I'm already reading THE BLAZING WORLD, which had such a stuffy beginning (intentionally) that I almost couldn't go on, but we soon moved on to livelier sections and I'm now finding it quite interesting. I guess this should be on a different thread...

And the winner is...To Kill a Mockingbird
followed by:
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Ruby
Swamplandia!
The Girl Who Was Saturday Night
The Wall